Boxing Results: The controversial draw: The disorderly struggle of the title of Yankiel Rivera and Angelino Cordova ends in a majority decision

Yankiel Rivera (7-0-1, 3 kos) and Angelino Cordova (19-0-2, 12 kos) fought at a 12-round tie of 12 rounds on Saturday night in a clash that had the interim flight title of the vacant WBA to the participation of the Royale Orlando Caribbean, in Orlando, Florida.

Rivera suffered a bad cut on the left eyes of a head of head in the third round. Its corner did excellent work to combat the cut.

Phantom Knockdown, bad call

It was a messy struggle with many clashes in the head between the two fighters. Rivera was given credit for a round round in the fourth round when he took Cordova and threw him into the canvas in a textbook struggle movement. The replacements showed that Rivera had a body that the body struck Córdoba on the canvas, showing that the referee, Luis Pabon, had exploded the governing call -as a defeat.

In the fourth round, the referee Pabon penalized Cordova for landing a shot at the back of Cap de Rivera. There has been no pre -warning warning before the deduction of the point. It was a free kick, though.

The scores

• 115-111: Cordoba
• 113-113
• 113-113

Cordova was the most aggressive fighter, landing the hardest features in each round. Rivera used many heads and many clinces to neutralize the Córdoba offense. Rivera’s participation interrupted the flow of the fight.

Punch statistics

• Yaniel Rivera: 84 340 landed by a 25% connection rate
• Angelino Cordova: 82 of 609 shots for a 14%connection rate.

Rivera, 27, was injured in the eleventh after a harsh punch on the round of the wild rope. When the round was over, Rivera was shaken while returning to his corner.

In the twelfth, Córdoba attacked relentlessly, launching loop shots, landing well. Rivera chose to repeatedly tie Córdoba, choosing to stop the round instead of fighting hard. It may have been feeling the effects of doing it badly on the great Venezuelan punch of Córdoba at 11. I was not going to risk.

“I’m not going to criticize the judges. I did the job and I thought I won,” Rivera said after the fight.

Córdoba landed the toughest punches in the fight and was the aggressor everywhere. If it were not for the timely deduction for a rabbit punch and the defeat in a call blowing by the referee, it would have been a different struggle. Rivera did not enough to deserve the victory tonight, and the constant he made it clear that he only tried to survive in the later rounds.

“I respect the letters. I do not agree with the letters. I will take the letters,” said Cordova.